#51 in Biography & memoir
Into Thin Air
- 335
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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About the book
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm. Krakauer's expedition was led by guide Rob Hall. Other groups were trying to summit on the same day, including one led by Scott Fischer, whose guiding agency, Mountain Madness, was perceived as a competitor to Hall's agency, Adventure Consultants.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 88 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 37% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Biography & memoir average of 8.1. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 39 | 44% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 49 | 56% |
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It has 335 pages — longer than 61% of the ranked books in Biography & memoir.
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